Lily Collins Shared a BTS Video Cutting Her Emily in Paris Bangs and It’s So Relatable

If you haven’t watched all of season three of Emily in Paris, well, what are you waiting for? Emily Cooper is back and so are her colorful, over-the-top outfits, bright lip colors and romantic entanglements — only this time, she’s doing and wearing it all with a set of bangs. But according to actor Lily Collins, who plays Emily in the Netflix series, these were no clip-in faux bangs; these were the real deal, and now she’s sharing a (very relatable) clip from the initial Emily chop.

Unlike her onscreen character, who cuts her own bangs in a fit of rage after being torn between two jobs and two loves, Collins’s bangs were cut by a professional while she sat in a chair, wrapped in a pink satin cape. (Good call.) Stylist Gregory Russell was behind the chop, officially ushering Collins (and therefore, Emily) into her bangs phase. “Not exactly trauma bangs… unlike Emily, I didn’t cut these myself!” Collins wrote. “Big thank you to the master @gregoryrussellhair for inducting me into my fringe era and starting Emily’s new hair journey.” I thought Emily’s bangs looked too good to be faux, and ooh la la! I was right.